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Syrian Aramean Cathedral of Saint Ephraim, Stockholm Sunday, February 8th, 2026 Your Eminence Archbishop Benjamin, Distinguished Guests, With feelings of joy and honor, we stand before you today to celebrate the completion of thirty blessed years of your episcopal ministry in the embrace of the Syrian Aramean Church and of the flock entrusted to you by God. Three decades of episcopal service are not merely a number. They are a living testimony of faith, sacrifice, and unceasing offering. Your work is reflected in churches that have been founded, in communities that have been strengthened, in traditions that have been preserved,… Continue reading Greeting by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the ordination to the Episcopacy of His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin Atas

Θα τελεστεί Θεία Λειτουργία το Σάββατο στις 21 Φεβρουαρίου στις 10 η ώρα, στο Malmö στην Mariakyrkan. Gudomlig liturgi kommer att genomföras lördagen den 21 februari kl 10:00 i S:ta Maria kyrka, Södervärnsgatan 8, Malmö.

Του Σεβ. Μητροπολίτου Σουηδίας κ. Κλεόπα Η Παραβολή του Ασώτου (Λουκά 15:11–32) λειτουργεί στην Ορθόδοξη Παράδοση ως σύνοψη του Ευαγγελίου. Η πτώση δεν είναι απλώς ηθική αστοχία, αλλά ρήξη σχέσης, και η μετάνοια δεν είναι αυτοβελτίωση αλλά επιστροφή στην πατρική κοινωνία/επικοινωνία. Η Πατερική ανάγνωση της παραβολής συναντά τη νεοελληνική ποιητική και μουσική ευαισθησία, όπου το σχήμα «φυγή–ξενιτιά–συντριβή–γυρισμός» αποτελεί κορυφαίο ανθρωπολογικό μοτίβο. Η υμνογραφία της Κυριακής του Ασώτου θέτει αμέσως το κέντρο βάρους. Ο Άσωτος δεν διαπραγματεύεται δικαιώματα, αλλά προσφεύγει στη φιλανθρωπία. Το κοντάκιο συμπυκνώνει την κίνηση της επιστροφής: «Της πατρώας δόξης σου… δέξαι με μετανοούντα». Εδώ το «πατρικό» δεν είναι… Continue reading Η Παραβολή του Ασώτου ως θεολογία της επιστροφής και πολιτισμικό αρχέτυπο

Τρειςαρχιερατικό συλλείτουργο και εις χειροτονία του εψηφισμένου Επισκόπου Ελαίας κ. Βαρθολομαίου. Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Γεωργίου Στοκχόλμης

At the beginning of the Triodion season, on Sunday, February 1st, 2026, with the permission and encouragement of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the ordination to the episcopacy of the Most Reverend Bishop-elect Bartholomew of Elaia was celebrated at the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm. The service took place in an atmosphere of prayerful devotion, marked by the necessary simplicity, as well as ecclesiastical reverence and dignity. Taking part—besides the presiding local Metropolitan His Eminence Cleopas—were His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydoniai and His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Switzerland, together with the following clergy: the Very Rev. Archimandrite Oikoumenios Markopoulos,… Continue reading The First Ordination to the Episcopacy at the Stockholm Cathedral

On Thursday, January 29th, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. (Swedish time), the 8th consecutive meeting with Catechumens and newly illumined faithful will take place at the premises of the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm (Birger Jarlsgatan 92, 114 20 Stockholm). The entrance is from the church driveway! His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia will serve as the speaker, addressing the participants in the English language, in order to accommodate the diverse group of Catechumens and newly baptized and chrismated faithful, who come from various countries and cultural backgrounds. His Eminence’s upcoming presentation is entitled: “a) “New Year: From… Continue reading Welcome to the 8th Catechumens Meeting at the Stockholm Cathedral